ROAD TO 1550TTR Week 33

[@tisthegreat7420]

you should not abandon your backhand punch though- it is good to create variation and surprise your opponent with it

[@limittless.]

under pressure and with less time i think it will still always turn into a punch. but when i have the time it´s really necessary to add more quality/spin.

[@Osirus14]

I think your backhand looks realy good. But in the forhand you need to change the tecknique so that its more of a follow thru and no sudden stop. You just have to film yourself and try out until it works and looks good. Keep it up!

[@limittless.]

@@Osirus14 I do that all the time for months now. It´s very hard to change. lately my main focus is on just that bc, most exercises I do are to fix that. Said it often before, it´s the muscle tension from my previous sport.

[@kenji2787]

Is it really bad though? Several people have told me the sudden stop is what creates power, not the follow through. Similar to when you hit the whip or the wet towel. You need the sudden stop to create that whip effect. Power isn’t really something I care much about now so I haven’t thought much about it.

[@limittless.]

@ definitely it’s all about the whip! When I achieve the whip feeling the shot is great. Backhand that’s easy for me, like throwing a frisbee, forehand it rarely feels like that.

[@heydanijel1735]

Lean more forward and push energy forward on your forehand topspin,you going to much up that's why you falling backwards alot.Love the videos keep it up:)

[@limittless.]

@@heydanijel1735 yeah that’s definitely the goal, especially against backspin I have a hard time doing that

[@wilkinru]

volume is low on the last 2

[@limittless.]

hmm didn´t change anything

[@Blackain66]

@@limittless. ye its always low man, turn it up !!

[@limittless.]

@@Blackain66 weird bc I went back to the old settings where everything was fine. gonna change again for episode 35 ;)

[@topke5642]

whats ur racket and rubbers ?

[@limittless.]

Tibhar Dynamic J7 with MXP 50 max rubbers

[@z0uLess]

The forehand development can be about your equipment not having enough "hold" on the ball. I think your forehand kinda looks like a german style chicken wing (duda, boll, ovtcharov). I believe this is about playing with bouncy rubbers on forehand like classical european style -- the stroke will simply have to be shorter or you have to have insane timing on the ball ... so theres nothing wrong with it as long as you are consistent, I say. Being tense in the shoulder during matches can be just as much about you being hard on yourself by analyzing video footage of yourself and overthinking it ... I have the same problem and it takes a lot of joy out of the game for me. I am so hard on myself that I dont even realize the positives. Last training I had 75% winrate, but all I focused on was that one best of five that I lost. It would be easier if there was a coach just telling us what we should do, but since we are adults that are coaching ourselves, the mental part of the game gets really hard. God is dead, and we have killed him 😆

[@limittless.]

I switched to hard rubbers (50°) and it fits me better. The tension happens in my grip, forearm, elbow, shoulder, simply everywhere. I did a martial art for decades that requires a ton of body tension, so that is just so hard to get rid of, if possible. everything has two sides, so it helps my backhand lol, because i am super stable. it took me an hour to copy lin shidongs backhand after watching a match of his. off course not in perfection but i got the principles of bh very fast. forehand I try to get as close as possible to ma longs movement. the european player that reminds me most of myself is franziska. he seems to have a lot of body tension (for a table tennis player) as well. he also does smaller movements with the fh topspin. gives me hope haha. but ma long fh technique would be the goal.

[@limittless.]

oh and i have to add, I am super hard on myself. lately I took it easier and tried to focus more on doing the right play in the right moment instead of only looking at the results. felt much better.

[@z0uLess]

@@limittless. I have the same problem. Focusing on what to improve is important, as long as one does not fall into the habit of only identifying things that needs improvement. I think I sometimes find something I want to do that I am not able to do, but since I am stubborn I try to force it instead of being pragmatic about it and let the development happen organically and by having fun and being more relaxed (less tense in grip, shoulder, actually looking for opportunity instead of looking at problems)

[@z0uLess]

@@limittless. I just watched a video of Sebastian Stürzebecher playing. His backhand fanning chopblock and forehand hook is amazing. His body type makes him slow on his feet, but instead of focusing on trying to improve this, he has perfected his touch on the ball. Since he has focused on things to win points instead of some ideal of Ma Long forehand or Lin Shidong backhand, he has developed a style where his body mass simply creates a ton of power for him ... he simply shifts his weight into the ball and has a ton of control because his body position is stable and constant. He has made a negative into a positive!

[@z0uLess]

@@limittless. ... but, it could be said that my ability to critique is used here as well -- telling someone not to be so critical of themselves is in itself a critique, making the whole thing a sort of comedic paradox, right?

[@wilkinru]

I know you are critical of the FH loop vs backspin, but it's still landing on the table and had enough spin where he couldn't block it on the table - give yourself some credit.